[week 3 summaries]
Since the term augmented reality (AR) was first demonstrated, it rapidly caught the eyes of researchers with prominent future. Among those techniques that are needed for supporting a successful AR, how to put all content into one AR application environment is of importance for a full-feel user experience. The “AR Browsers” is one way to achieve that.
Previous research systems on AR Browsers have problems like impractical to deploy, limited control freedom for authors and lack of mature systematic protocols. By summarizing the issues, Argon, serving as a mobile AR platform, is put forward out of these concerns.
Firstly, the architecture inside the platform is described. Apart from a high level explanation of how the whole system works, the snapshots of those pieces of code give us an intuitive view for hand-on practice. The comparisons between different results show the extended features of KARML like editable display mode, controllable over location/orientation/scaling and support for multiple location mode. The GeoSpots is another feature of Argon browser, which is used for improving accuracy.
Then, several applications are highlighted as the proof for viability. Carefully picked illustrations are depicted from compatibility with existing project (Yahoo! Pipes), easy and quick for deployment (Twitter search, Greeting Card, 22ndFloor Observation Deck) and enhanced user experience (the Oakland Experience, Poring AR) etc.
The last but not the least, by summarizing the contributions, the author gives us a preview for the future release and features to work on.
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